Die Aufspaltung der deutschen Gruppen in der Bukowina, 1933-1938
Division of German groups in Bukovina, 1933-1938

Summary/Abstract: In the 1920s German institutions in Bukovina still had little contact with Germany. During the economic crisis there comesa loan to keep the German House in Cernăuţi and since then interventions in Germany become frequent. After 1933, especiallythe Berlin Propaganda ministry sends grants to Nazi newspapers. Nazi groups formed after 1933 fi rst fought against Germanconservatives and then against Catholic organizations. Most of the Germans in Bukovina belonged to the Roman CatholicChurch. Between 1935 and 1938 two Nazi groups fought for infl uence supported by various organizations in Germany. In 1935,the Romanian Government closed all the state schools in Bukovina where it was taught in German. The plan of the Germanconsul Fritz Schellhorn from Cernăuţi to found private schools in villages next to the Catholic churches cannot be realized. Duringfactional struggles the institutions of Berlin fi nd the most docile leaders, who will organize the total alignment in Bukovina.

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